Girl bitten by a brown snake in WA

An eight-year-old WA girl is being airlifted to a hospital after being bitten by a suspected brown snake.

An eight-year-old girl is being airlifted to a Perth hospital after being bitten by a dangerously venomous snake.

The RAC rescue helicopter has been dispatched to the coastal town of Jurien Bay, about 220km north of Perth, to help transport the girl, who is believed to have been bitten by a brown snake.

She will be taken from the Jurien Bay Nursing Post to Princess Margaret Hospital.